Wind of the Journey Author:Irina Ratushinskaia, Lydia Razran Stone (Translator) Irina Ratushinskaya will forever be known as the poet who was arrested for her writing, sentenced to a Soviet prison camp. And who continued in the face of persecution to write new poems. She wrote them on bars of soap, memorized them, and then washed away the 'evidence'. Irina is a recognized poet in both the International community and... more » the United States. Many of Irina's poems have the earmarks of a well-seasoned and eagerness for adventure, melancholy good-byes, and a faith forged from life's journey.« less